Art distills sensations and embodies it with enhanced meaning. – Jacques Barzun
Except among those whose education has been in the minimalist style, it is understood that hasty moral judgments about the past are a form of injustice. – Jacques Barzun
It seems a long time since the morning mail could be called correspondence. – Jacques Barzun
Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a lost tradition. – Jacques Barzun
I also take pleasure in the so-called negative power in Grotjahns work. That is, I love his paintings for what they are not. Unlike much art of the past decade, Grotjahn isnt simply working from a prescribed checklist of academically acceptable, curator-approved isms and twists. – Jerry Saltz